SOAN 2112 Lecture : SOAN*2112 Classical Theory Lecture Note
21 Jan 2012
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sociology would replace the anarchy of post-revolutionary class disputes by finding natural laws of social order and change (movie looks at this anarchy) scientific theory of society has to be based on observed facts, need guidance of theory to do this. Must know the laws that govern the natural world, from science comes prevision, from prevision comes action . Prevision will facilitiate social control, a primary aim of his positive deviance. hoped to restablish a new moral order, relates to interest in stages of society. based on social chaos he saw arond him. methodologies: observation need theory, experimentation cant experiment on humans, need pathological cases with indirect experimentation, study of the pathological to understand the normal, comparison diff stages of evolution can be observed all at once. Discussed comparison at 3 different levels of development. Compares us to insects: historical method foundation for dynamic sociology because dynamic has to do with progress and stages.
